The Educated Marketer

Stories Marketers Are Talking About Today--June 1

Mary Meeker has released her 2018 internet report, a treasure-trove of information for advertisers. Some key points of interest? As of 2018, half the world’s population is now on the internet, American adults are clocking 5.9 hours of internet use a day on mobile devices and the shift to mobile has created a 7-billion-dollar ad opportunity. Read the full report here.

Big stuff going on at Snapchat this month. First of all, on the heels of the Snappables launch last month—interactive augmented games that are controlled through touch, motion and facial expressions—Snapchat will be rolling out new lenses that respond to sound. The more sound in the background, the faster the lens will change.

Snapchat has also began running 6-second ads that users can’t skip. The ads are like ones you would see on TV and will only run during Snapchat shows. The change comes after advertisers complained that users were only viewing 2-seconds of their commercials. Snapchat hopes to strike a better balance in keeping advertisers, investors and of course, users, happy.

Still not using Snapchat for your business? Here’s a useful article to help you take advantage of what the platform has to offer.

Instagram has added new features to help users personalize their feeds. In the next couple weeks, they will be rolling out a “mute” function which will allow users to “mute” friends’ feeds and stories without unfriending them. They have also added a “all caught up” alert, which will indicate users have seen all photos and stories from the past 48-hours.

Well, that’s our round-up of need-to-know marketing news from the past two weeks. Subscribe now to make sure you don’t miss out!

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